Calling Jack Bowling!!!

We need your analysis as to why the Stilt Sandpiper, the bulk of which
usually migrate through the mid-continent, may have shifted its migration
route west this year. If a weather pattern is responsible, shouldn't we be
on the lookout for other cosmic stuff that's usually alien to this part of
the world?

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA

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> From: Larry Cowan <LarryCowan at compuserve.com>
> To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Stilt Sandpipers
> Date: Monday, August 18, 1997 9:47 PM
>
> Tweets,
>
> Is the rest of Cascadia being deluged with Stilt Sanpipers ??
>
> I was out at Iona this evening and seen at least 15. (I'm sure Michael
> Price will have an accurate count).
>
> In a later conversation with an observer at Reifel, they had a count of
58
> !!
>
> Seems to be the year of the Stilt.
>
> Good Birding
> Larry Cowan